The Hook of Danger

Author's Note: This is my prediction piece on the story of the golden hook. I hope this illustrates my understanding of creating an alternate ending.

Cody was about to melt the claw to pure gold when he noticed something.  On the piece of gold that gripped his arm the was a hidden note. The not read,"If you sell my gold you will make money but with a price."  Cody being his greedy self didn't care at all and went along with melting the hook. 

The next day when Cody went to town to sell the gold he thought about what is like to be haunted, but then he remembered ghosts aren't real.  When he got his $200 dollars from the jewelry vendor he started the walk back home.  Once he got back home he started having bad luck. First his campfire just goes out.  Next  he starts hearing mumbling voices in his head. Finally he starts seeing things. He couldn't take the pressure of being haunted.  When someone from town went to check on Cody he was gone. The mysterious and greedy Cody was never seen again.

Art of Change

Authors Note: This is character development piece about how Robert Langdon From The Da Vinci Code changes throughout the book.

Mark Brown did a beautiful job of having Robert Langdon, the main character, develop through the story of The Da Vinci Code.  The main storyline idea is that when an organization wants to get their hands on the holy grail. Of course Robert had to face mainly challenges along the way. Also he changed immensely throughout the book in many ways.

Self Doubt was just one feeling that was expressed was when  Robert got dragged into an investigation he could care less about.  It was even stated on page 27 that he thought about what he could be doing on a Sunday morning instead.   This feeling changed in Robert later once he had an option to stop, but he continued the adventure.

Although caring about something is important self doubt is even more necessary.  Towards the beginning of the book he feels like he can’t solve the puzzle.  During the end of the book expressed on page 395 he is solving mysteries left and right.  This affected the story because it seemed to progress faster at the end when Robert was solving problems quicker.

Both of these factors are important in the change of Robert throughout the story.  Self doubt changing in a character reminded me of the Alex Rider series.  Alex got introduced to being a spy after his uncle died.  At the beginning of the book Alex didn’t think he should be a spy, and didn’t believe in himself. Towards the end of the book and even into the next book Alex had a choice to stop being a spy.  When he chose to continue it demonstrated that he had enough confidence in himself.  This related to The Da Vinci Code in the fact that Robert was trying to solve the puzzles more than anybody at the end of the book.

Both of these reasons are examples of Robert Langdon changed as the book progressed.   In every book there is always characters changing and these were just a few of the many examples of how he changed.